Luxury Fashion Is For Broke People | Asmongold Reacts
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Casually Explained nailed it: "You might think you're cool for wearing a $5000 Giorgio Armani suit, but if you really were cool Giorgio Armani would pay you to wear their suits".
What is cool about being a human billboard corporate sell-out? What's really cool, is rejecting conformity.
@@mezjean5966
Ah yes reject conformity and get off all social media 🤡
@@mezjean5966 you missed the point,isn't wearing the suit which would make the person cool,but they would choose someone cool to pay because if someone cool wear it then it make look the suit better,understand the comment before answering
@@xrosso6515 I understood the comment perfectly well. Getting paid to be a human billboard vs buying the product and becoming a billboard voluntarily is not cooler. Doing so voluntarily would actually be cooler if you wanna go there, because you didn't sell out. You chose to support something you like.
@@mezjean5966 for someone who "have understood" you are a worst listener than a wall, him said"if you were cool giorgio armani would pay you to wear their suit" that mean they give you the offer,that you have accepted is another problem,plus everybody have to do something to survive if you are an actor/model ecc, doing publicity is necessary,people don't live of dream and good things, plus really they could FAR WORSE,see "GOOP", aniway generally people taken to be billboard of suit or others clothes are at least good looking,him never said they were "morally good" ecc, not all people who are considered "cool" are righteous person,so really you have taken your problem with sellout and bring to this comment for no reason
I never understood people saving up money to buy luxury branded products.. but then again those people wont understand people spending money on microtransactions and upgrading pc specs..
We save up to have drip, something you'll never get.
Jk, i'm wearing a 10 year old tee
nah most things that are expensive look ugly@@batialexis9339
I buy $200 shoes but only because they're the only shoes my godzilla feet fit in lol
Bad point.
Better pc lets you do so much more. Youv never had a pc to understand.
Microtransactions might give me a boost in games or give cool skins.
Luxury brands are just overpriced and often lower quality, like shoes that are expensive brand which are awfull for your feet compared proper walking shoes
@@FinkaisarI agree with you partly, but branded clothes are basically "real life cool skins"
The really stupid thing about luxury goods is that you could use the same money to hire an artisan to make a custom product that is likely better quality and the money would go to people with useful skills rather than marketers.
But you have to understand that other dumb poor people dont care about that, its the brand that activates their pea brain. You can spend 50k on a custom bag, and you have to constantly tell people you did that for them to understand its worth anything, and those people still wouldnt care as much as if it were a 10k bag from a brand they are told to care about.
People value the brand more than the quality, life will always be shit and that's because other people are lemmings.
@@genericprotagonist2842 yeah, just comapre quality of stitching and fabricks of any "fashion" stuff and at least mid grade outdoorsman clothing/footwear the latter being even cheaper. I just don't understand how some sandals can be more expensive than proper boots, that require twenty times more learhter (and much larger pieces), complex multi layered sole, and way more craftsmanship in general. And you can go thousands of kilometers during several years in those boots, how much do women go in their fancy sandals?
I hired a cobbler to make me some work boots. I’ve used these boots for literal decades and never once had to buy new ones. The high upfront cost has saved me way more than the price in not needing to buy new boots.
@@Smol_Ericobblers are real ones. Just had redwings resoled and polished for 60 BUCKS. They look new
The biggest fashion hack I’ve discovered was to simply get in shape. You can get away with a $10 crew neck tee if you’re jacked and sub 15% bodyfat.
You can even get away with being whatever you are when you stop giving af about peoples opinions. In a healthy manner, of course. (Edit Typo).
its all about loving yourself and not giving a shit about what people think of you. nobody cares about your fitness or clothes. humar and selfesteem is the stuff that makes you admirable.
@@user-ul2vj2nm3lhe’s 100% right tho, being in shape makes cheap clothes look expensive and expensive clothes look even more expensive
@@user-ul2vj2nm3l People always say this yet I know it's false, and I can use myself as the example; I do judge people when I'm out in public, it's completely involuntary and happens at a glance.
Am I the only person who does this? Of course not, that's ridiculous. So why pretend that no one judges other people in public?
Now with that said; the reality is that people *definitely* do care, just a little bit, but that still doesn't matter. If I walk past you in public and think you dress like you're poor, who gives a shit? I'm just some asshole who's thinking things, you'll never even know I was judging you anyways so it literally can't effect you, so it's not worth worrying about.
Sub 15% body fat is considered undernourished in most cases. Be well
My sister once told me, no matter what designer brand you wear, it will never look good if you're fat & ugly. Be fit, pleasant & presentable is what truly matters she says.
She is wise!
Your sister is smart
my dad use to say "you can stick make up on a pig but its still just a pig" when describing fat ugly women that cake up in makeup etc
If you wear "designer brand", women will think you're rich and so you will get attractive, even if you're fat and ugly. But if you're poor despite your clothes, they will get sad to know the truth ...
@@hectorgarcia3675 Them thinking you are rich is just going to put the expectation on you to spend a ton of money on them when you are dating. There's no reason to lie about your wealth when dating because it will screw you in the long run. You will attract the wrong type of women and now she is going to come with the expectation to buy her designer bags.
Asmongold takes the idea of “stealth wealth” to a whole new level.
one of the olsen twins went homeless. that kinda sets the bar.
Yeah, i mean we all know that Asmon is rich.
But he likes money more as a means to sleep well without the need to give a crap, while streaming and playing games 24/7. He isn't exactly humble or a "good guy", but unlike your typical money crowd on social media his identity isn't centered around "look at me, i'm rich".
@@peterpan4038it goes a little further than that. He doesn't want to own an expensive car and worrying when going to the supermarket it gets damaged by some careless shopper. There is a difference between not showing off money or not buying high value items that give tension on the way you live. Keanu Reeves is also a example that doesn't own anything like a luxury home or car. It's about not having ownership and don't have to care. Same as Elon Musk doesn't own a home. It's not about status or money but about focus energy on life and not item's that seems to be nice but gives allot of worries. If you have a lot of money and buy a car off one million you will be worried if someone crashed in your car, or when you know it's on a thigh spot and in a bad neighborhood. So, wealth has nothing to do with it, there is no stealth wealth idea. It's about people that have money wearing a t-shirt with a hole in it while the person that doesn't have money wears a Gucci t-shirt he can't afford. If he gets a stain in the shirt i will get paranoid where the wealthy person with a t-shirt with a hole in it won't give a Damm about a stain in his shirt.
@@peterpan4038I agree completely
@@elliottb7009 because of bad financial management or is she still rich but decided to be homeless ?
I’m a doctor in a shit-poor area. During the pandemic, lots of my patients received social security increases for six months. And what did they spend it on…? PS5s, 80-inch TVs, cosmetic dentistry, weight-loss surgery, and holidays more expensive than I would *ever* entertain. Because - in my opinion - they wanted to cosplay being rich.
They could’ve saved it up, learned to drive, studied a course, or even just got a service of alcohol licence and applied for bar work, and pulled themselves out of their poverty over the next couple of years. But no.
What was it Rupert Pupkin said at the end of The King Of Comedy? “Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime”. I suppose if your self-opinion and social expectations are dog shit, this was an offer that couldn’t be refused.
Very dark, very sad.
i think the issue there is more that they don't "value" that money as much as if they'd earned it themselves. they view it as a temporary gift to splurge on themselves with, rather than an asset to make long term investments with
Weight loss surgery may be beneficial for them, the rest…… well…..
@@hiddendrifts Yep, I’m sure that’s part of it. If you’ve never *earned* money but only ever been given it, I suppose you never graduate out of the ‘pocket money’ mindset.
@@tmajec Y’know, one of my patients has done just that. Saved up her benefits and paid for a gastric bypass. She’s lost tons of weight, and now has a job. I’m really fuckin’ proud of her.
Yeah that's why poverty is often generational. People don't learn money management and waste it away on dumb purchases. It's also why a lot of immigrant families (often of asian origin) I've seen have better economic mobility than native residents (haven't looked up the data on this yet)
"People are getting dumber!" Proceeds to go on rant about how people shouldnt be taught biology or math
i grew up in a really wealthy family no one wore brands like gucci or armani they had expensive clothing like hugo boss suits but they had watches jewellery or clothing made by brands who no one would ever have heard of they have no marketing they aren't loud they are just the kind of company where they may have a tiny shop in london or paris who sell $10,000 coats which will last forever and have been in business since the 1700s
Fun fact. Hugo Boss made the nazi uniforms. They did look smart though. Had a $500 hugo boss suit that moths ate. Get a suit bag.
This. True quality doesn't need a marketing department. But since most consumers don't want true quality, just believe into accessible marketing, marketing still works.
@@lilbaz8073Hugo Boss suits usually come with a bag
@@lilbaz8073pretty much every suit does
@@MaximilianMusArchive not from moss bros. Buy the bag seperate.
If you know how to take care of yourself and you have a strong sense of style, you could literally just go to Target, pick the perfect collection of clothes, and look like a supermodel. It isn’t about who made the clothes, it’s about how you wear it.
Cab literally shop at tj max and goodwill in rich areas and find all top brands for the same price as target clothes. It's silly to spend hundreds on pajamas.
This right here. There are people who are wearing name-brand clothing from head to foot and clash like a discordant cacophony. Logos mean nothing, in the grand scheme of life.
Well and I specifically said Target because their clothes actually look really nice for being relatively cheap. Target specifically has a few cheap “brands” that they run themselves, and you can put together a LOT of really nice outfits for just a fraction of the price of most designer brands.
You can buy the same luxury brands at the thrift store for SO much less. Second hand shopping is king buying things for retail is for suckers
style beats branding every time
The big difference between actual luxury and peacock luxury is that actual luxury is just about the quality of the item, its not about showing off the branding so that other people know, its literally just that you are getting a high quality product that will last, simply because you appreciate quality. Its the difference between "I like it because its nice, it will last, it fits better" and "Its nice, it will last, it fits better, and people will see the logo and think its nice. and realize that I can pay for it"
Buy now pay later is worst than credit - because the payments are 5 or less, they are not subjected to the federal fair lending act. They can charge 40% of the purchase price is you default.
This is why luxury brands were counterfeited constantly in China and now in South-East Asia because so many people wanted to look like they can afford these brands but they were way too poor to afford them. I went to visit the Philippines where my wife is from and while her family is middle-class and wealthier than most average Filipinos, the stark contrast between how the middle-class and poor people dressed was eye opening. So many people who were financially well-off dressed in Uniqlo (Japanese brand, similar to H&M, Zara etc) while the poor dressed in mostly in fake luxury brand clothing with huge logos and branding.
Yeah man Uniqlo all the way. I stopped buying shirts with logos on them around the age of 25.
Funny Thing is, the counterfeits aren't even much worse than the "real" stuff. Basically the same quality
Never once in my life did I meet people who enjoy this stuff for real or know anything about luxury fashion. Not even in elitist college where I met lots of girls with insanely rich parents. You can buy a fake Gucci belt for 10$ and they wouldn't realise it's not real. To this day my mom uses a fake brand handbag that looks like the real deal and people at her work believed it lmao. Legit 99.9999% of people don't know what the real stuff is made off anyway
Funny. I wear a lot of Uniqlo and I’m good w money/well off 😅 never noticed the trend
please also note that in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philipines, the fake branded stuff is WAAAY cheaper than Uniqlo, H&M, Zara, etc
*”There’s a Ferrari dealership in Austin. I thought about going there but I ended up going to Taco Bell instead.”*
And that’s why we love you, Asmond.
asmondgold
Crunch Wrap > leather wrapped
They would think he was homeless and kick him out of the dealership
@@NullaVitae little do they know he makes their salary in a month, don't judge a book by it's cover
@@fourohsevenfishing
Ferrari is famous for monitoring the behavior of their owners. They see it as you being a reflection on the brand and they won’t allow you to be a bad image for them.
I've noticed this is extremely prevalent in certain cultures in the U.S, especially when it comes to shoes where people will literally kill each other to get them... It's insane, I know so many regular people in debt, on food stamps, refuse to hold down a job for more then a couple months yet they're still buying brand name clothes, shoes, jewelry etc. It's sad how badly these people need to feel validated by others even on something as simple as clothes. I remember in high school accidentally stepping on some guy's shoes in the hallway since it was always packed when going to classes people's shoes got stepped on all the time, but this dude went crazy and literally wanted to fight over his shoes that he couldn't afford to have obviously I'll never understand,
Yeah it's crazy, I don't get buying brand clothes.
Sure a good tailored suit I can understand, but paying so much for shitty shoes like Nike? Are we fr here bro?
these people aren't only poor on material wealth, but mentally and spiritually.
It has been my observation that, *those* people care most what others think about them. They always talk the loudest, play their music the loudest with those huge speakers, and put really expensive wheels that are more expensive than the car they're on. They wear their money, so to speak.
People are paying for art. That's even worse than paying for overpriced clothes because you can't even wear it.
@@liu3chan This is the dumbest thing I have ever read, I think...
European. Lithuanian. They teach us interest rates in economics class. We have it for a year. At the same time... We do not use Credit cards. I only saw them being advertised 1 year ago.
In fairness, a lot of Americans also learn about interest rates. The difference is probably that they just forgot by the time it was applicable (i fall into this category but it was a stupid simple concept to relearn) or they just didn't pay attention because it's usually taught during math.
For people that want to look the part but not spend the cash, especially for meetings with clients and job interviews, buy a good but standard suit that you like from a store. Then take it to a tailor and get them to custom fit it to your body. If all goes well, it'll end up looking like a custom tailored suit at a fraction of the cost. Just keep in mind they can only make it smaller, not larger, so don't walk in with a suit that's too small and expect them to fix it, find something that already has a fairly good fit which they can just adjust a little to better match your body and give it that custom tailored look.
Great tip. I bought an inexpensive jacket + pants for ~$100 from H&M or somewhere similar, then went to a tailor and paid ~$40, and man does it look great.
most people i've met that are better off than me don't wear the branded name brand stuff(at the same time most of them spend more on personal tailoring of their clothes than their clothes themselves.
One thing to note about this is to make sure the suits are stitched. I had a jacket that was had fused seams. Basically joined with heat and glue. Tailors cant adjust that type of suits.
@@murmamirrmohaimen2271Nice tip, never thought about that side of things.
OMFG GENIUS
Former employee of Louis Vuitton. A girl I was helping once said ‘’If I buy this I can’t afford rent…….but I deserve this I work so hard, I should have it’’. I’ve seen some version of this story countless time working there. Even when I would jokingly suggest not getting it, people were too hungry for it.
As for Asmons comments on fake pieces. You can tell very easily. It was entertaining at times to see wives come in to get their ‘’collector’’ pieces repaired that their husbands had bought them. Seeing couples loose it in front of you over it was always interesting.
At some point you've got to think that buying stuffs above their means is the only druggery left for a lot of middle class people. It is ultimately better if they can find joy in anything else, but I can't help but to feel bad for them.
These are what we like to call "Stupid people". If people were smart, all these luxury items wouldn't exist, or at least wouldn't exist at the prices they are at.
@@MAGAMANI'm sure you're a part of the intelligent people "MAGAMAN" lmao
@@MAGAMANLuxury items and stuff like jewelry and decor all have a place. It’s just that the markups on luxuries are artificial and insane.
Did you get fired after you said maybe someone shouldn't get it?
Asmond, the idea of teaching people to solve fractions and other stuff is to teach people the skill to solve abstract problems they don't really understand, how to identify the proper tools to solve the problems and how to reach a satisfying solution. As an engineer I don't use fractions ever, computers solve everything for me, but the same mindset I had when solving a fraction has been the same one I apply every job I've had, so it's not really "unnecesary".
Agree! I think people completely miss this point.
I had to stop watching his video at this point. He has good points sometimes............but he's too much of a Nihilist. Hes too quick to think nothing matters.
I quit at this part too. Amazon proves once again he's the smartest idiot in the room.
L take from him tbh. Education of all forms especially when young is super important to foster basis of thinking, problem solving and curiosity. Life skills are important sure and it should be integrated better with the public school system but not at the cost of learning how to do math, read, history and science. Asmon can't both complain about how stupid people are(in both education and decision making skills) and then complain how schools use tax dollars to teach about cells and not life skills.
On the topic, I don't think Asmon is necessarily "wrong" in saying that tax dollars are being spent on the incorrect priorities. But I do think that it is fundamentally important to learn about science, math, history, etc on at least a fundamental level, and then if it's in the interest of the student, to pursue that interest further. But at the bare minimum, schools really do need to teach more life applicable lessons - about how taxes, interests, and loans work, and even stuff like home economics. People don't understand how many (or rather, I should say, how few) of the younger generation just don't understand simple things that contribute to personal wellbeing in life. Imagine people growing up, in college, graduate from college, or etc, who still can't cook anything beyond the simplest meals (like boiling water for ramen or just putting rice in a rice cooker). People who can't properly finance. People really should be taught life skills above all else with government tax dollars at the very minimum. And not pretending like AP Calculus or Trigonometry is important for 99% of people not in pursuing STEM careers. Or even for people in STEM careers, I can assure you I'm not manually making up equations and integrating between two values for that equation. A lot of data can be, and are, manually integrated via software.
Luxury items are things that you don't need. If it isn't essential to your life to survive, it is a luxury. In Asmo's case, the camera is required for his work, which by extension is how he survives. Therefore, for him it isn't a luxury.
Learning a second language as a kid is far more useful than not learning it, even if you never use it. By learning a different language as a child it will mold your brain into a learning pattern. You teach a child's brain to learn and adapt. and if you keep that up past teenage years, then as an adult they'll be more prone to learn and understand new concepts and help learning a third language later in life when you actually need one to get that high end tech job. It sharpens your tools (brain) for later in life. After a certain age the brain sets itself and refuses to mold itself further. So if all you did was to catch up with the kardeshians, that is all your brain will want to do.
i took russian so i could shit talk on rust better
Learning multiple languages and musical instruments correlate with higher iq
It's a massive waste in taxpayer money. Most kids can't speak the language they have been learning by the time they finish school. Also, in my life, at the schools I went to, I have had compulsory French, Italian and Japanese... So you can't continue with your studies if you change school. Music on the other hand teaches the same cognitive skills, has the same effect on IQ, and can be studied regardless of what school you go to.
@@sejithevoid2059 It's a waste because the system is poorly designed. It's not the subjects' fault. There's too much emphasis on scoring high and doing homework than actually learning the knowledge and skill.
you know whats great? to be in between. Not rich, not short on money. Earning a good amount of money and just live your life and be at peace, spending money on unnecessary things cause you can and so on and so on. If only everybody could live like that, I wish you all the best guys
If you're from US, the "in between" or even most "middle class" Americans would be considered rich by most of the world's population. So in relativity globally you're aspiring to be comparatively rich. Even blue-collar workers in US, Switzerland or Norway earn more money than some considered rich developing countries even after adjusting for necessity basket cost.
What i'm trying to say - all this take only works in US and partly in countries with similar or higher average wealth. And So your top 1% in US is much smaller percentage globally, but the global top 1% must include at least 10-20% globally (Americans) on top of my head without looking up actual statistics. There's a good reason American tourists have a stereotype being "the rich American tourists" in most places where they choose for their holiday destinations. Because if you can afford trips like that, you're relatively "rich" for the most of world's population. Many who are average earnersbut no savings or business/investment ventures are forced to get by and consider themselves poor because capitalist/neoliberal system requires too much spending in the national system to get the culturally acceptable living comfort.
@@dannydetonator The US poverty line is roughly 80% worldwide median. Obviously expenses are higher too, but Cantillon effects allow Americans to buy luxury goods more readily than most of the world.
Be rich is great
Until inflation and rapacious unethical business practices wipe you our, read, the erasure of the Middle Class
When I used to be a salesman, I bought 2 watches to use in rotation and had to go for a certain level of brand. I was never a watch person, but our customers were. Not having a watch was definitely a lost opportunity.
The laws of the worlds society are silly but for some people they may need to use them to survive in that particular environment because of the perception of others who may be able to affect your survivability. No different to not wanting to be the kid in the playground with the ugly shoes just incase they get picked on
Theres wholesalers that sell luxury quality clothing without the branding at target prices. Same with jewelry you just need to find them and have enough to buy they're minimum but at a huge discount
Worked as a screen printer. We bought blank Ts at wholesale for like $2.50. Some walk-in orders would ask for a single color print then resell for like $40, when even $10 is too much for what they had printed.
Any recommendations for screen printing at home/personal use?
@@OhmmZ33 A small manual press is your best bet, but it will take you many applications before you begin to understand what technique you'll need to use in order to achieve the desired pressure and swipe. other items you'll need to think about: where to design and develop the film, a way to burn the film's image into a pre-treated screen (they apply an emulsion to the screen prior to burning), some acetone inside of a small pressure gun to correct minor mistakes, a rolling oven to cure the image onto the fabric, an area to clean the screen for reuse which will most likely require a pressure washer and some scrub pads but this is also where you will "wash out" the image after it has been burned. this opens the holes of the screen to allow the ink through, and then you'll need the ink(s) depending on how many colors you want and this is also dependent on how many colors your press can do, adhesive paper to cover the platen and spray adhesive for the fabric to stick to the adhesive paper on the platen (the board that holds the shirt in place). you cannot remove the shirt from the platen, cure it, and reapply more color easily with a manual press. you will need to be selective if you want a multi-color design and if you do get a multi-color design, you'll need a way to flash the ink between prints so that the inks don't bleed together.
sorry if wall of text... and i'm sure i'm missing some stuff but, it isn't a hard process once you're experienced. it just sounds like a lot when getting started.
If you just had the inks, press, a drying oven and a wash area you could most likely get in contact with a local printer to get access to/have them do any of the other steps you can't do on your own. oh, one final thing... i recommend doing this in a garage/shed with ventilation and/or an open door. it can get hot with that oven rolling and the acetone isn't fun to smell for too long.
Its only to much when people dont want to pay the price. Its not about cost vs selling price. Its all about convenience, problem solving and emotion. Every salesman knows that.
I remember my wife wanted a bag from Marc Jacobs. It was a cheap cloth bag that had in bold letters, “The Tote Bag by Marc Jacobs.” It was over $200. It had cost them less than $5 to make
I work a blue-collar job where the average employee makes $15-17/hr, and at least 4 of my female coworkers also have that bag or one of the variations of it. Makes no sense. My backpack cost me $60 but has pouches and MOLLE and can carry more (more comfortably too). I understand wanting a certain type of bag, but The Tote Bag™️ is so stupid.
$200 to become a walking billboard is like music to my ears consider it a stupid tax. Funny thing is that if you don’t buy it whats stopping the guy behind you from buying it and the cycle of self destruction continues. Outstanding 👏👏
I bet you could get some very convincing fake
just get a plastic grocery bag and write on it "marc Jacbs" :)
If more people actually looked up the cost of production compared to the selling price, the world would be a better place.
honestly teaching kids about the different knowledge is good so they can explore the different things they want to do
imagine mendeleev or pasteur not being able to learn about chemistry and so they choose to become a farmer or something
they could have been chosen for something better but they havent been given opportunity to find what they really wanted or be something bigger
Yeah, honestly his take on education was a bit 🙄
It’s also just about learning. Doesn’t matter what it is but it’s important to challenge and exercise the brain while young. Learning about things which are not interesting have benefits.
@@papuzka0 the only problem is that a lot of people just can't do well at all with anything they're not interested in. Only a small part should be exposure and the rest should be honing interests and problem solving
I am really glad that these kinds of topics are brought up. Paying a lot of money doesn't really mean u get the best of it all the time.
I never understood why anyone would be interested in this expensive stuff. I'm glad Asmon is talking about it so more people get to understand that brands don't matter at all :D
What is some random guy on CZcams going to do to convince people to not waste money. They've been doing it for thousands of years, and will continue to do so as long as at all possible.
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 i think people with a lot of reach can influence a lot of peoples decisions and thinking. Though i doubt asmongold has the viewers that are the main target audience for luxury brands. so yeah, i think most people that watch this already are of the same opinion anyways (regarding luxury clothing).
@@mulraf I think a lot of people drastically overestimate the reach that anyone has, especially in the social media space. I spend >10 hours per week on CZcams, and while I've heard the name Asmongold a few times, this is actually the first time I've seen one of his videos in my feed. Yea, he has 2.3 million subscribers, but most of his videos have less than 500,000 views. That sounds like a lot until you realize 3 times as many people watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians and 5 times as many people watched Tucker Carlson before his show was cancelled.
@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 you’d be surprised. I can rattle off some CZcamsrs that have an impressive amount of influence. Jake Paul, Mr. Beast, Pewdiepie, Markiplier they are singular individuals yet each of them can start entire trends and movements with their words. Humans are tribal by nature, we’ll always form groups of like minded people and identify ourselves by a handful of traits, we’re very easily influenced by people within our tribe. A face online that has followers can do a lot with that power.
Because some people like nice things. That’s all.
Designer brands usually are always better quality, but you are also paying for the name.
Being financially literate or having financial agency is something certain elitist groups do not want. It means less for them to have millions more financially savvy people
What i noticed is that middle and fresh upper class ppl tend to buy luxury goods such as clothes, cars and flaunt them. The very rich still buy luxury goods but rather in the scale of yachts or private jet and don't really car that much about clothes brands, bags etc. You won't see 2 billionaires discussing Gucci flip flops
Credit card companies still make money even if you pay off the balance in full every month and don't pay interest. It's called merchant fees. Anytime you purchase something using your card at a store the store is charged a merchant fee which is typically 1-4% of the transaction cost.
Except 99% of people dont pay their card within 20 days of making purchases. Shit i work for a credit card company, and the amount of people who load up a card with like 20k then are all confused as to why they pay their minimum every month but it never goes down… i tell try and explain to them how 200$ in interest plus spending 200$ on other things and only paying 300$ every month will never ever ever lower the balance of the card. The worst part is 99.99% of customers i have to speak with and explain how to better manage a credit card they full on do not give a fuck.
Not only do we do a horrid job teaching people how to manage credit and how to he responsible but so many credit companies make the customers feel like its not a problem at all to sit on a 15k credit card and the mindset of “meh ill just pay it off later..”
shit i spoke with a lady about a week ago who called me to help her with her card because she fell 2 months past due and was unable to make the full payment. I gave her a perfect solution to help her, and the only downside was that she would be unable to use her card, she got so mad at me because she would be unable to pay for her netflix.. i gave her a few ideas on how to deal with it and she only got more angry. She said it was my fault she would have to go bankrupt and i was ruining her name… because i was working i had to be professional but omfg i wanted to cuss her out for being a irresponsible cunt. She ended up not taking the help all because she could not live without netflix.. these people are addicts and these corporations are manipulating people to make them become consumer addicts. Credit cards can be okay and fine but pretty much no one knows how to use one properly to not get fucked. I always give examples to people, if your buying something for 50$, would you pay 100-150$ for that same item? Because by the time they get around to paying that amount off its probably taken on double its cost in interest, if that item was priced at 100-150$ instead of 50$ people woudnt buy it, but because its on credit who cares we will just pay it off later. Its crazy.
the same applies to debit cards too. Some smaller shops prefer customers to pay cash or will have a minimum spend for card users.
There’s a cost to handling cash too, and it’s often higher than credit card costs if you properly account for it.
That's why a lot of stores in Germany refuse American Express, their transaction cost is way higher than other credit cards.
@@TheHollowBladein all fairness: we’re not gunna develop a way to “fix” it. Your experience with lady just shows it’s a people problem. There’s lots of flaws with society that are intrinsic because people are…human.
You can’t fix many of our engrained issues without actual change to human psychology via extremely prolific social engineering or, liberal, biological engineering.
Might as well learn to use the system that preys on dumbs to advantage yourself instead 🤷🏼♂️
Credit cards used probably just generate free income on things you needed/wanted to buy anyway. It’s also safer for fraud and such.
I get shirts tailored for $15 and the difference is amazing. You don't need to spend a lot to look good. Get a good looking shirt from a thrift store, have it tailored and you've still paid less.
Thats smart, Ive had alterations on thrifted coats, tailoring a shirt for 15 is a great price
Based and tailorpilled
I wasn't aware you could get services this cheap. I will have to shop around.
Dude where do you even get a tailored shirt for 15 dollar.... I mean how is the maker even going to survive with hour rates and stuff..
Exactly, I've been getting some clothes that I wasn't wearing much tailored and they look so much better, I'm back at wearing them
If you see a poor person wearing Gucci/LV, theres a 99% chance its fake and was bought for 5 Bucks at a bazaar. They all know it and its just a normal part of their fashion.
in the Netherlands we don’t do fake stuff.
Everything is you see here is most likely real.
My brother-in-law is a multi millionaire. He has an old phone, he has a newer car but he isn't driving this top of the line luxury car. He is wearing clothes from Wal-mart, no designer or name brands. His wife doesn't spend 100s to 1000s on a purse or clothes. If you look at him, and don't know the guy, you'd never guess he is rich. Only time he dresses up is for business meetings. And its not a suit worth thousands and thousands of dollar. While my mom, who has always been tight on money, buys the latest iphone, buys a new car, spends 100s on brand name purses and shoes. The most expensive ipad, spends 100s to add stuff to her vehicles.
And about iPhones, they are cheaper than Androids now. I have the 15 Plus and it was $900. My 5 year old Android that shit the best gave me $850 in store credit. I looked at the new Androids, they were 100s more than the iPhone. Used to be the other way around. And no I dont take sides, I just go for the better deal.
I'd pay $350 for an awesome pair of work boots.... no way in hell I'd spend that much on some regular ass shoes though 😂
Yup same here. My employer pays for my work shoes.
If you want a pair of bona fide, high build quality shoes - the kind that you might actually consider maintaining instead of replacing after a couple of years of daily use, they might run you into that price range.
The Air Jordans, mall luxury brands, etc. are just disgustingly overpriced, cheaply made shoes with logos on them.
I had a pair of Whites I found behind the dumpster barely used and they lasted me 3 years
Shoes, seats and beds… things you spend time with.
I have to spend 150+ one reg shoes cause no cheap one come in 13 4E, I hate buying shoes
Worst thing is when you have a family member with this brand obsession and you can see how they ruin they life but they are so deep into it that its at an addiction level, but you are unable to explain to them cause they are validated by most other people around them and of course the shop crews.
Addiction tend to mean they're running away/coping from something… I'd keep asking them questions - "Why do you think branded items are important?" "Important to who? Why does their opinion matter?" "Why does it matter that you APPEAR rich, when you're not actually rich, and making yourself POORER in the process?" - to get them to really think of what they're doing, even if it gets uncomfortable to think about for them (which is the point - facing the actual problem they're running away so hard from will be just as hard)
Asking questions to make them think tend to be way better than telling them why they should blablabla, cuz they probably know already, but something inside will just turn a blind eye to any external advices. Therefore, start from the inside & make them end up uttering the advice they need to hear themselves. We're here just to assist their thinking non-judgmentally
God, this is why I love my family. My mom would only buys daily necessities regardless of the price, and very rarely buys any luxuries. My dad is like, "If it ain't broken don't bother buying another one" "if it's broken, use it for something else" "Just buy the most efficient one that's cheap"
Me? Idk, i just don't buy stuff that often lol. Maybe food. My little brother on the other hand, is a freaking businessman. He literally sold card toys, game accounts, and even drinks. Now he runs a roblox account farms for literal real money and not even the game's currency. Oh and he's just like dad in terms of spending money lol.
apple.
This is how I feel about pro sports lol
The two main reasons for iPhones are: the blue texts mean the text were sent over wifi and are free to send (green texts are normal texts that cost money unless you have a contract/bundle), and apple devices can synch to each other. So if you had an iphone and ipad, whatever is on your iphone can synch to your ipad which is really useful for pdf files etc (like keeping important documents for doctors appointments, University, work or other things). Cant think of any other reasons to choose iPhone over other phones though and its no more luxurious than another phone of the same price.
@@ChristmasLore If you have multiple Apple devices. You can just copy something on one device, then instantly paste on other device. The sync is way faster and smoother than Android or Windows.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not Apple fanboy. I also use android as a backup phone for cheaper in-app purchase, and Windows PC for playing games.
The Apple ecosystem is great for sure, I speak from experience myself.
Although I could sustain replacing my Apple devices every 5-7 years, I will no longer. Brands like Xiaomi offer a similar or even far more fleshed out ecosystem in certain parts than Apple for a fraction of the price. Which is why I will switch away from Apple at least partly.
Yet the integration between the hardware and software with apple is still almost unbeatable with the performance optimization they can do on their M-series Macs for example.
Some stuff is cool, but is it really worth it?
Fuck the blue bubbles, fuck the people that obsessively care about them. If they condition their relationship to you because of some RGB-code on a screen, well, theres no way to coexist.
Edit: spelling errors
I enjoy my $20 pack of 6 shirts with a pocket my boots were $300 but you have to buy a good quality pair of boots working blue collar or you'll be replacing them within 3 months costing you more money in the long run
as a woman I would buy luxury items if the quality was better and I knew it would last me. I bought (when I was young and stupid) expensive shoes/bags that start falling apart within a year. Meanwhile I still have a walmart shirt that I got for $9 in 2016 that I wear regularly. Pisses me off that price has no correlation with quality so I can't buy things for the long term. And don't get me started on the plague that is fast fashion.
That's my issue too. It sucks that pricing is never an indication of quality.
Stitches and material are usually the give. I've found some Calvin Klein clothes I got at thrift were amazing quality, but then their shirt packs are also shit at the same time. Always inspect in person.
My criteria for buying expensive items is that it should last twice the amount of items that I could buy from the same price. If I can buy 10 tshirts for $100 or an expensive one for $100 unless the $100 one could last twice as long as all of those tshirts, if not it better give the utmost pleasure every time I wear it or it's not worth it.
good investments are cashmere and stuff
Not really @@Chocofries
My dad knew a really rich guy who wore the most plain clothes imaginable because not only it saved money but because he didn't feel the need to flaunt his wealth and they were more practical
We had a client that had his own private jet, owned expensive cars like Lamborghini, high end Mercedes, Porsche, etc.. He walked around in regular jeans and a t-shirt and tennis shoes. No one would ever expect this guy to be a multi-millionaire.
I don't see these at as status symbols of being wealthy but rather of being poor. Once you realize real rich people don't flaunt their wealth you also realize that all those people who are flaunting probably are not wealth and not good at managing money. If someone showed up to an interview decked in a bunch of the fancy luxury items it'd be a huge red flag the person is probably not good with finances and depending on the position they probably also won't make good decisions in that job.
I don’t understand people who buy stuff like clothes for a brand. I only care about two things. One is how soft is it, and two how durable is it? I go into a clothes store and the first thing I do is look at its build material and feel its texture. If it isn’t soft I move on.
Same with phones. I only buy a phone for two reasons. One is it has to do what I want it to do, and two it needs to have an easy way to get it fixed or replaced under warranty if something happens to it. That’s why I buy a I-phone not as a status symbol but because they have dedicated stores. If Samsung had dedicated stores near me I’d consider their stuff.
People are stupid and need to learn to focus on reasoning for purchases. Every product you buy should serve a purpose that makes it the best at its job over its peers. Not as a status symbol.
I grew up in Eastern Europe in the 90s and 2000s. It was actually strange that people bought comparatively more expensive clothes than today, because we didn't have the cheapest fast fashion brands like H&M or Zara. It is a small country and# everything was expensive. So it was common that people in middle class bought more expensive things, but on the other hand they only had a few items - for instance, you had 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of formal pants and maybe one pair of old jeans. The same with shoes, one pair for every day, one formal. And everything had much better quality, you could wear something for years. So, I am not really against for buying something more expensive, as long it lasts, because fast fashion has anyway artificially low prices. You think that a t-shirt should cost only 8 dollars, but it comes at the expense of low quality fabric, toxic dyes and underpaid workers. I personally would buy rather less, but good quality and the style I really like. Gucci and Louis Vuitton, especially with logos, are very tacky though. Women's handbags are almost always either old people style (which is fine when you are old I guess) or just ugly, like the ones with golden chains. This is why bling bling rappers like them.
> And everything had much better quality, you could wear something for years.
I am from Greece and I have sweatpants and sweaters that I've worn for 15-20 years. There is the very nice black "winter blouse" that I have been wearing for years and I was wondering a few days ago "how many years do I have this blouse, for God's sake?" and I found the answer in one old photo. I was wearing it in 2009 and I know it was not new even then because I couldn't have bought it then ahahah. That thing is immortal or something!
And my semi-boot shoes ... I remember buying those in 2006 for a specific occasion and it was the "most expensive shoes I've ever bought" at 80 euros . I still wear them though, so they really were worth their money.
Never worn any brand things though. Those things are not even quality anymore. Maybe they were once, where some of them had pride in their product, but not anymore.
I swear if everyone bought clothes and goods like I do (once in a blue moon) the economy would crash in three months.
@@user-lm6me2tz9t "the economy would crash in three months." Sure, but we would live on a more healthy planet and people could focus on other destructive habits (or get closer to what they really wanted to achieve with this consum-cult : Respect, Love, Meaning)
@@bAtACt1X Well, yes, but it is a fact that societies and people in general rarely make wise choices. If you want a similar example, if the ancient Atheneans lived more like Diogenes the Cynic, things would have been better there, as well. But that didn't happen.
I think that it is true that people, as individuals can be smart and wise and respectful and meaningful. But people, as a whole or as a society, leave much to be desired.
It is a problem that greater minds than ours failed to solve through millenia of thinking and thus we are doomed to repeat the mistakes and cycles of the past.
Have a happy 2024 with health and good fortune. :)
P.S.
When asked why do people give money to beggars, but not to philosophers, Diogenes replied: "Because they worry that in the future they themselves might be blind or disabled or poor, but they are certain that they won't be philosophers".
@@user-lm6me2tz9t well, Diogenes was funny. The joke still works. But I`m quite sure his answer is bullshit. Sounds like they argued and the question was a rhetoric punch making fun of Diogenes work/life/persona. A very clever and quite funny counter. But still bullshit.
Just guessing
@@bAtACt1X > But still bullshit.
Think about it next time you give money to a beggar. There are kinds of beggars you give to (e.g. people that are disabled) and others that you don't (people that are drunk or addicts). Why is that? Try to explore your motives (that is philosophy, practically) and you will see that Diogenes is not just talking smack. ;)
As another - more modern - philosopher pointed out, humans are a wilder animal than we imagine. Diogenes was just smart enough - and bold enough - to say such things out loud.
Sure, he liked to be quick witted and funny, but he always seemed to have a good point underneath. Continuing on the point of frugality, one of Diogenes' few possessions was a cup, out of which he drunk water. One day he saw a child drink water out of a spring, using it's hands as a cup. Diogenes threw away his cup then and there shouting "a child beat me in frugality!".
The Birkin bag is the perfect example because it might be 30k but you cant even shop there to buy a 30k bag or be on the list to have a chance if you havent spent 30-50k in their store already
Lmao "wait, aren't my messages blue? Oh no they're grey" 😂😂😂
Used to want an iPhone just for the picture quality but then realized it wouldn't matter since when you upload pictures on social media, the platforms fuck over the quality anyway
Dumbphone is the ultimate status symbol, speaking from experience. Boys, girls, coworkers, bosses, clients, they are all amazed and wonder : "How do you do ? What if people send you an important email or something ?" And I reply : "well, they will have to wait until I’m available to care about that." Dumbphone guys.
You convinced me, I'm in!
I'm a fan of the 100 IQ phone ;) It's a smartphone without internet or wifi. So you do get the screen, the music player, touch screen, calling and texting but not all the annoying pings that come from Discord/Facebook/Email. But yeah, I like the dumb part of the phone where only those who know me can reach me, and the strangers can wait.
I think a lot of people don't understand that there's quality and "quality". You can pay 500$ for a really high quality pair of shoes and those shoes are gonna be the best goddamn shoes you've ever had, but it's not gonna be a luxury brand that you'd even recognize. Sometimes you pay for actual quality and sometimes you pay for the little logo. People who are actually rich, not pretending to be rich, know the difference between these brands and buy actual quality. It's not "stealth wealth" because they're trying to hide how much money they have, it's because they literally don't give a fuck about the logo and pay for actual quality.
Nailed it. Quality *does* cost more. And that's what the rich know and understand. If they wasted money on trends and "luxury" brands, they wouldn't be rich anymore. If they wasted money on shit that wears out every year, they wouldn't be rich. You know who can't afford to buy once? Poor people. New shoes every year for 40 years... $4k spent on shoes. One pair of quality leather shoes every 10-15yr... $1-2k spent on shoes. And the branding, that's the number one tell. Rich people don't treat their body as a walking billboard and advertise for these "luxury" brands. FFS.
True, I was surprised at Asmon's comment on the 350$ shoes. I bet the guy in the video bought them for the logo but good quality walking shoes that are gonna last are easily in that range.
There's 2 things where paying more for extra quality is always worth : shoes and mattresses. We spend our whole life in either one of them, and if you take good quality ones and do proper maintenance, they last a decade easily.
I’d probably go for custom tailored clothes at most. That’s worth the money, but some generic garbage from the shelf at premium prices is just a degenerate thing.
The perception of luxury depends on scarcity. Once you can afford anything, the idea of a "luxury" fades away and you are free to decide based on quality and seek out actual value.
that's why sometimes people intentionally buy high quality fakes because the materials the fakes are made out of are better than the real product
“You buy Gucci flip flops if you can’t afford them” it’s so true 😅 I am a person who has quite a few luxury goods myself as I am interested in fashion as a hobby and art. That said, I think if you’re truly interested in fashion then it’s not about the branding. For me, fashion is iconic if you can remove the branding and have it still be beautiful.
Asmon really overestimates the drive that a kid would have for learning chemistry or physics if the basics weren't taught as part of the curriculum. How would you know if you want it if you're never introduced to the possibility?
The American education system is already severely lacking. Thank fuck that Asmon doesn't have the power to make it worse.
The older i get, the less i spend on stuff like this. I find myself just going to walmart or target. Though my luxury spending is food.
hell yeah, brother!
I don’t buy crap like this. But the older I get. The nicer materials I buy. Just have to find the line between usefulness and quality of materials and brand name.
@spenroe9458 not going to lie, sometimes I buy stuff that I don't really need but during the process of seeing it, I thought it would be cool to own it.
same here, what you are putting in your body is way more important than what you put on it.
@kass6261 agreed though I don't know if I should say the food I buy is healthier lol but I can say that I don't eat it has much has I used to and now I just eat probably once and a snack.
I worked at a country club as a life guard for 2 years, and everyone there were very wealthy multimillionaires.
The dads who were executives or whatever worked all the time and when I did see them, they dressed very basic or wore business attire just off work. It was their wives and kids who wore the luxury stuff who didnt work for it.
The families also spent very little time together. During the summer, the moms would just drop their kids off at the pool all day and play tennis and shop while dads golfed or worked. It really opened my eyes to what money does to people and families.
Country clubs are perpetual networking events, so they are raising the kids within that type of society. Aside, if you don't use them correctly they are also a black hole for your personal finances so they are a deterrent for new riches and posers.
yeah...they are living the dream I guess.
(they just suffer from very small imagination)
*Opened your eyes to how some behaviours are amplified in people when they have accessible money
not having it is way worse. i will choose having a rich dad with slightly dysfunctional family over being poor anyday. this is the type of shit poor people tell themselves to justify their incompetence and make themselves feel better
@@AA13494 money is maybe the most effective tool in the world. It can do a lot. But there is still so much it cant solve or repair. And your post is a small but good example. Its a so ignorant, hostile but common point of view, often self serving. (and a huge part of popular US ideology that showed more and more cracks) and even it can be true in some cases or many, it ends up being more self hurting than selfserving to most people who share it.
My parents are multimillionaires, but we don’t spend that much, except on properties and investments, but my dad laughed when I said why don’t we buy designer clothes, he said that he can buy materials don’t do anything to make you happy, and everything gets boring after a while
I always find this to be funny. Living in New York everyone just goes to second hand shops and buys shirts for 6 dollars or vintage jackets for 15 to 25 and that shows more status than any of the garbage displayed here lol
Birds getting nerfed line is too hilarious 😂
Yeah but that's actually a myth, no birds actually do that.
Dinosaur meta was too op
And some birds are crazy intelligent (corvids). His point was still funny though.
It's just a theory
Pterodactyl is probably closer to Asmongold than peacock DNA wise.
Louis Vuitton worker here, most of the time we just gift products to celebrities and it's almost guarenteed they'll be seen wearing what we gifted them. And honestly, you'd be surprised how well the advertisement works.
A bit of a side tangent: once you work there you get access to private sales on the brands of the LVMH groups, most of the items are like at -70% to -90% of the original price. You'll also get to know people that work in other groups like Kering for example which owns Yves Saint Laurent or Balenciaga, and these people can give access you to the private sales of their group
They also ban chinese people from their stores due to them fabricating the designs lol
Bro you work in retail customer service, stop fronting like you understand corporate
@@ZM-dm3jg I don't think you need to be CEO of a company to understand the absolute basics of marketing 😂
@@ZM-dm3jg I am just curious, but what makes you assume he works there in retail customer service? Even if he is, it's obvious what he's saying is true.
@@ZM-dm3jg Yeah listen my guy; Louis retail isnt target. They are not Astronaughts or anything but OP deserves more respect than that especially since they also brought the tea out for all of us normies.
"Who would buy those slippers?"
"Birds have nothing in their heads.."
He's so close to getting it
Oh NVM u tied it together
It's like the higher tier martial arts belt you have, the more it will be used against you in a self-defence case. Because you skills can be considered an advantage, depending on your assailant
LOL man this breakdown is gold. You are right about the young generation too, my nephew came and worked for me as a tile installer's apprentice last summer and told me he was going to save up to buy a supreme hoodie. I told him I would just get a hoodie and paint Supreme on it for him and he can work for the whole summer. *ended up building him a computer instead*
Rise up fellow based uncles
Based Uncle, I hope he learned a valuable lesson!
@@teaser6089 I think he did, and he recently started learning more about hardware finally and is using his job back home to upgrade it even more. Proud of him.
So you mocked him for something he wanted and decided to offer him garbage in return?
Every Supreme hoodie I have ever bought and then resold returned me profit upwards of multiple hundreds, sometimes over 1k…
For one piece of clothing I bought for under $200…
It’s not just the new generation that are full of idiots, you’re the prime example of it.
@@thatboymeak You say that without even asking what kind/level of performance of computer we ended up building together, let alone the talent and skill he acquired to be able to BUILD a computer as well as the tile installation skills he learned over the summer... oh wait. that's right. I forgot. work. that's the scary part for you. my bad.
I definitely have the "collector bug". I hate that collecting has just basically devolved into buying stuff usually online. It's hollow, and has prevented me from partaking for many years now. You really have to be careful what you collect these days.
I mean for some items like rare Gundams it's probably better to also utilize online spaces considering a lot of global trade but I get what you mean.
Collecting turned from a fan activity into hollow mystery boxes with exchangeable, painfully "cutesy" creatures. A lot of the items aren't rare or well made, they're just cheap and mass produced in the worst way.
It's not about finding that one book with the print error but spending hundreds to open plastic baggies for product and consumables. No shopping around, no finding, no comparing, no discourse.
The worst thing about "collecting" is that you fill your house with shit you never use.
I have never in my life heard about the different fashion style and what social status it effect them until my little brother and girlfriend told me about it. Not only that but they change their whole room and their "aesthetic" on social media based on what style they have. This was really an eye opener to me... Apparently I have "old money" style according to my little brother. I simply buy what I like and if it's cheap. I have never understood about buying expensive stuff, but now I understand a bit better cause It's apparently important. Especially for the younger generation and how they wanna betray as.
You say birds are stupid, but many scientists believe that ravens are the smartest animal on earth
Asmon is the perfect example of how to do a reaction video bro
Nah. He could discuss this without reuploading an entire video someone spent a month making. You really don't need the background video to talk about this topic lol. But he is better at it than most, but the bar is set awful low by Xqc, Hasan, Pokimane, Sniperwolf, etc.
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Nah this is completely fine.
@@martymcfly88mph35 It has more to do with a shitty system that doesn't already have something in place to accommodate reaction content. It's been years and it STILL isn't a thing.
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Bruh, he's using the video as a jump off point for these topics. I always go to watch the original video to get my own perspective on it without him then i come back to see his perspective
Just watch the actual vid in the description. Idk why yt is giving me this instead of the actual video i'm interested in. Don't even know who Asmongold rly is besides a streamer. I don't even like twitch.
He's 100% right about Luxury brands incinerating unsold / out of season stock. I had a friend that worked at a shipping container yard and a shipping container came in full of Gucci products and for whatever reason filled up with water on the voyage over (Container wasn't sealed properly or something and the ship went through a heavy storm). So an insurance guy came and inspected literally everything in the container to assess the damages and my friend was supervising him and noticed that almost all of the actual products were fine it was just the shoe boxes, wrapping, cloth bags etc. that were water damaged. When the insurance guy was finished my friend said "Lucky everything seems to be in good shape right?" the insurance guy laughed and said "No this entire container will be written off". My friend was shocked and was like "Uhhhh sorry to to be rude but I saw the stuff you were looking at and most them looked completely fine....?" The insurance guy then said "These are Luxury items. People don't buy them for the product, they buy them for the brand and the experience. If anything is slightly off with these products that takes away from the Luxury of the product, everything needs to be in 11/10 condition or it ruins the brands power"
Anyway, after my friends supervisor was told the container had to be re-sealed and set aside to be picked up by the insurance company to be "disposed of" they cracked it open again and sold some of the stuff to close friends and family for a fraction of the retail price. I got a pair of $700 Gucci sneakers for $80. Nice.
It's good to know our dwindling resources are more valuable as cinder and ash.
$80 is still a massive markup from the production price. It's low to mid quality crap.
The funny thing is, the rich don't care what you wear either. I was invited by a friend to a private piano concert which turned out to be taking place in a villa with a world famous pianist playing for like 10 people including me. I was in my twenties sitting there in a t-shirt and shirts with my visible tattoos, a foreigner, while everyone else in the publicum were old Germans dressed in a way that I could see they were well off. I felt really unconfortable at first but then I just enjoyed the music and ended up drinking expensive wine with the villa's owner, having a great conversation and all these old people were happy to have some "young blood" there. Now I get e-mails with personal invitations to other private concerts once in a while. Another situation I had was when I applied to join a freemason loge - I ended up chilling with some middle aged businessmen who ended up saying they would love to have me.. I ended up changing my decision because the mandatory donations as a member were too expensive for me. You can be dressed in rugs but if you don't care and have social skills you can chill with the King of England and nobody will bat an eye.
thats incorrect, just being there is the status symbol, and that is why they dont care what clothes you wear, you should be clean and well dressed, you can not look homeless and dine with rich people, high end restaurants have dress codes for a reason
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There is the difference of wearing like a "homeless" or wearing a tanktop + shorts with wearing a long pants + tshirt or "normal-looking" clothes
The op did typed "you can be dressed in rugs"...kind of a twisted meaning, but ofcourse, at least wearing a "normal" formally clothes to attend in some events or visit friend's homes is needed Without luxury brand or diamond gold looking clothes to prove yourself as "baddie and rich" ... be normal
I actually saw the difference to a striking degree last summer. Was on a acience conference all week, and most days it was just us lab techs and scientists, now we were all generally dressed "normal", jeans, t-shirts, maybe the odd jacket for the photo. Most "posh" attire you'd see was Germán using a sweater, jeans and shirt.
Then one day next room was a big one day event for the economics division and the place got full of students trying to impress the economics bigwigs. I swear to god it was like the invasion of the bodysnatchers. All of a sudden the corridors were full of dunces with the same damn haircut, suit, bloody sunglasses (in Galicia, where you get like 1 hour of sunlight tops if you're lucky!) the whole god damn men in black cosplay. And attitude too! Like they'd see us and almost sneer on sight, and act arrogant 100% of the time... And then there was 1 old guy dressed like Argentina's soccer uniform talking with everyone normally and having fun. Wanna guess who was the only actually rich person in that group? Who was the one that got invited to explain his success and not some failure turned teacher or total novice? Yeah the one with MESSY written on big letters on his back.
Most talented or actually rich individuals I've met do not care. Most people I've met who care are poor AND talentless.
There's a high probability they are using you as a token guest and virtue signalling off of you. "Oh look at the outsider peasant, so quaint" sort of thing.
Bro got invited by the free masons 💀
In Europe Austria we learn 3 to 4 Languages in our Highschool.
1.) German
2.) English
3.) Latin/French/Spanish/Italian
4.) Repeat of above (either choose 6 years above, 4 years above or a 2 years above + 4 years of Nr.4)
And that if your mother tongue is german 😅
Asmon saying you don’t need to learn a second language is the biggest american moment i’ve ever seen lol
Bro can barely manage his own language, give him a break.
He completely lost me there. I also think people not understanding basic math or science is how you end up with flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers. An education system that only focuses on finances and things that will make you money in a job sounds utterly dystopian. It's already bad enough that that's basically how post-secondary works.
To be fair, most americans will probably never leave states. I once talked to one who was like "why would i go to other countries? I have same things as they do here". So for most americans its quite useless
You dont need a second language unless its applicable to your career. This is universal for everybody not just americans
@@billnyedoesminecraftjoseph8379 should be applicable only to countries that don’t use English as their main language. Not knowing English in 2024 is just sad. Doesn’t help that a big part of european countries just dub every media in their native language..
His take on education is actually really shortsighted. It's not about everyone knowing. It's about hooking kids who wants to know more. We should learn the essential skills AS WELL, but acting like biology and math has no value is an insane take.
Agree completely!! Very short sighted. He complains that people are getting dumber and then says we should stop teaching basic biology, chemistry and math concepts. This would make people even dumber! Plus how is a person supposed to know if they're interested in any of those fields if they're not exposed to it in K-12? You don't know if a particular field is interesting to you until you actually start learning some of the basics. Then if you want to learn more, you major in that in college. Taking away the basics being taught at a high school level, would actually lead to a serious decline in that profession. Hell even people who really want to learn that kind of stuff, wouldn't know the basics enough to even start learning more in college. I teach computer science at a university, and I don't think I could possibly do it if the students came in not knowing basic algebra and other basic math concepts! Take that away and it would be impossible to teach someone how to develop software in 4 years! I could go on, but yeah, this is a very shortsighted take
@pharoah327 tell me how geometry or biology helps me in my telemarketing job.or stacking shelves in wallmart.
@@retroftw4644 You wouldn't be stuck in doing meaningless jobs if you paid more attention in school.
@@retroftw4644... the fact you can't make the connection between biology and a physical activity like stacking shelves, that can lead to long-term biological consequences when done wrong,
is troubling.
@@Alblaka touché
You also have to remember that status symbols are different depending on your culture. A rich guy might have on a cheap $30 outfit, but keep looking around and you'll eventually see he has a $40,000 camera, or an old $200,000 guitar signed by John Lennon.
Untrained gold diggers often miss these subtle clues.
I worked as a valet for several years at a 4 star boutique hotel, our wealthiest regular (drove into town for business and to visit family) drove 15 year old Toyota Camry (cause it was indestructible) and wore clothes from Macy's... except his shoes were Crocket & Jones loafers that cost like $1200 and he wore a vintage Rolex Daytona(cause he found the shoes comfy and collected old watches). The real kicker though... he always had his assistant with him whenever he was at the hotel. The ultra rich may or may not have things that they like to spend exorbitant amount of money on (cars, clothes, jewelry, etc) but almost all of them will spend tons of money on things to save time, aka, have staff and expedited services. The dude tipped us well cause he wanted to be able to get his car and leave quickly, so we made one of the spots right in front of the entrance was "his".
@@Big_Red1 Also known as having an actual brain and common sense. I applaud this. (the saving yourself time and effort thing).
@@Big_Red1one of the famous quotes time is money , you make more spend to save money vice verse also with time its not how much you have left it is how you use it vice verse 🤡🤫
This makes me think of the running gag in tv shows and movies where that 'nerd' guy that collects plastic figures and tv shows/movies/anime merchandise can't get a girlfriend because of that. Oh boy, if only gold diggers knew how much money such guys spend on all of that 🤣
Rich people don't get rich by spending all their money on stupid stuff. My boss has a lot of money and my boss really doesn't like spending money on anything. This is the main reason my boss has a lot of money.
I disagree on the second language tho
Being able to think in a different language really gives you a new perspective. Language does literally shape thoughts.
If anything, schools are usually just bad at teaching second language, I abhorred learning German to the point I cant stand it, but I learned English by myself and now Im learning Japanese.
The fake "old-money" fits are hilarious, because it's so obvious. A $1,000 Gucci shirt is obvious a status symbol because you see more dye for branding than the white background of the shirt. A knock-off, quick-fashion, Zara or Uniqlo shirt without branding is still clearly $25 because the fit, cut, colour, and material is all as cheap as possible. You've got 30 seconds to machine the shirt, rather than months for a line which will sell to 500 people globally and will never have two owners meet.
Finally someone who shares my point of view on this bs. I hate how I was the "weird fashion" guy in high school because I didnt wear Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Supreme and other bs for SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. And I was the weird one because in colective I didnt pay for this crap. Stay poor mfs xd. Still remember how I bought better looking suit for graduation than my classmate, he paid 500 dollars, I paid 40 from second hand, and everyone damn thought that its some super brand they haven't heard of.
Man says students dont need to know how to divide fractions, but expects people to understand the far more complicated mathmatics of compounding interest and how it related to personal finance... His cell biology take is so bad. The problem with american education is the vast number of 5th graders who cant even read at a first grade level much less multiply.
For nearly 20 years of having credit cards, I paid exactly $0 on credit card interest just like Asmon's dad. I did have to pay interest on student loans and my car loan, but I minimized that by hyperfocusing on paying them off as soon as possible. Pays off in the long run.
From my perspective all those brands now got to the point that they are no more luxury, just casual brands like nike or adidas.
The peacock is colorful because its a signifier of genetic health. It takes a lot of nutrition and rest to grow all those nice feathers. In environments like the tropics, where there's a lot of threats of pests, mites and other parasites, the sick birds like parrots don't have as nice looking feathers, so they might be snubbed by the female bird. So the peacock does have one ot two yhings on their mind, but probably mostly mating, flying and eating😂
There is no point trying to bring up any science in this thread. Asmongold clearly identified he's ignorant of it, hence the numerous flawed arguments, plus stating learning fractions, literally a basic cornerstone of simple math, is useless. Then again, taking advice from a CZcams reactor is not really sound life advice.
@@harosokman its sad, I work at a liquidation retailer that has stuff on for 90% off. the amount of people that don't understand you can just move the decimal by one position to calculate the 90% is astounding.
@@harosokmanhe has the opinions of a man who exits his house for 5% of his natural life its perfectly expected. He doesn't need to know what photosynthesis is. He hardly sees or feels sunlight. God forbid touching a plant
Dude also said birds used to be pterodactyls and that they were like huge meat eating dinosaurs despite the fact that the reason birds have even survived to this day was because their ancestors were also small feathered dinosaurs who were the only ones who were capable of surviving the KT extinction. ALL birds come from a small group of therapod dinosaurs, NONE of them were t-rex's, they were just related.
Not to mention the fact that pterodactyls weren't even birds or even dinosaurs for that matter, they were completely separate.
@@harosokman Truly the one L take in this video. Yeah, your job probably doesn't require you to know what powers your cell. But without education you are one step closer to the age where paying some mystic to fix your crops with rituals was a real consideration.
It's a good filter for people you don't want to hang out with. People that care about luxury brands can't think for themselves and make poor decisions in general.
Sounds like a way to make yourself feel like you're better or smarter than others.
@@carlo8108 Maybe, but if it helps filter out people who are not aligned with your mindset it's a winning strat
@@Jonifico sounds like elitism with extra steps... I wouldn't call putting yourself in an echo chamber, a winning strategy.
100% cotton is my favorite brand, lmao
@@carlo8108 Generalization has its downsides, of course. The upside is that it's useful when you deal with many decisions in a small amount of time. There probably are smart and reflected people in designer clothes but the statistics tell otherwise: Many don't buy smart but get themselves in too much debt. Also not so smart doesn't necessarily mean that they are not likable and friendly people. My personal experience is unfortunately that people who were like hypnotized by brands were also quite ordinary and very seldom had their own thoughts and always ran with the crowd.
20:32 definitely not always the case. I don't have the privilege of having a family member who makes 3x rent to sign as a guarantor for me, so in order to rent I literally have to have high credit.
In order to achieve this, I put a coffee drink or something else small on credit and pay it off as soon as I'm allowed to. And its definitely a better idea to do that than spend $100 on something every month.
The only shoes I've ever spent $200 or more on were work boots and combat boots when I was in the military.
My mom had clients who had never seen presliced bread, never been in a walmart or target and she had to show them how to eat pizza. Thats true old money wealth. And one of my fashion classes I learned there are people who fly their tailors and seamstresses to them on their personal jets for every little bit of the garment making process. And those people also make sure they track what wealthy person is wearing what to each event so no one shows up in a similar or the same outfit
My grandmother had a dressmaker, and she dressed high quality fabrics she bought in Europe. This is just commonsense in that those clothes look fantastic because they're made to fit your body, not attempting to perform the other way around (which cannot usually happen, even models go to fittings so the clothes look perfect on them or they get adjusted at a shoot with pegs etc).
Plus the clothes last decades and often get passed down within families or sent to charity. Old money detests waste. It's unseemly.
lol taking “who all over there” to the next level
This is so true. As far as cars go, when the wealthy DO drive their own cars, it's typically a Mercedes, Audi, etc. Very comfortable cars but not something that "Shows off" like a Lambo. If they decide they do want to drive a Lambo or something, it's typically rented.
Rap music fuels a lot of this and these rich designers and business men know this.
When my wife gets pissed off at me. She will retaliate by going to what she considers luxury brands and shops at Ross, Burlington or 5 and below and buys 15-20 dollars of stuff. I’m fortunate my wife grew up in a poverty stricken country and understands the overwhelming importance of food on the table and no debt.
My wife works in luxury fashion industry since 2010. We live in Paris, France. Her job is to select european fabrics providers for the brands. Those providers also work with small independent brands made in europe that cost WAY cheaper and they provide the same quality of fabrics. Luxury brands like LVMH are a scam. They sell overvalued stuff. If you like quality you better buy small independent brands with ethic values.
I just bought 2 pieces of clothing from Target, top quality and off-season so on sale. This is how I like to shop.
"Buy straw hats in winter", the saying goes. And that's an 'old money' expression.
I've seen luxury brands selling handbags made out of Terry towelling, or plastic, and they are charging like wounded bulls.
Wealthy people still buy luxury brands, but they have an acute eye for quality.
Bonjour, vous avez des marques à recommander?
People who are truly wealthy do not buy off shelves. They have things custom made.
Great Gatsby happened right before the Great Depression. Spending money to show you dont need it is a sign of an impending economic crash
*Asmongold not knowing the #1 thing women want is a guy who's taller shows his pure ignorance*
regarding the math question: It might indeed be that most people will never use it in their lives if their work is not centered around it. But it's important to learn non the less because it's all part of the brain's development. You want to keep developing it by feeding it more and more complex stuff. Also; you are absolutely right about everything else you said in this video.
Just for fun, I was civil engineer overwatching Louis Vuitton shop construction. For the price of 3 storey small shop unit you should easily build 60 houses (I am not kidding, the construction standars where over the top).... so the feeling to buy something here is probably awesome for many people (not for me however) :)
"Who buys Gucci flipflops?"
Pretty much every lebanese teenager in west melbourne for the last 30 years.
I almost burst out laughing. I just saw this 50-60s year old man get on public transit with Gucci hat, Gucci sunglasses, Gucci shirt, Gucci shorts, but regular white sneakers from like Ross or Target.
I've been using public transit since 2012, and I pay $22.50 a month. I don't have to worry about licensing, maintenance or gas. I also buy my own phones, and I always buy Samsung over Apple even though rest of my family uses Apple.
Gotta say, learning biology in high school I believe enables kids to get enjoyed about science and discovery. I think it’s important. Agreed there is NO education for personal finance, should fix it
Or watching some of Discovery Channel
Absolutely agree, general population should have at least some basics knowledge about science as its literally a explenation of how the world works.
Without this basic knowledge you are like a caveman and everything is basically magic as far as you are concerned.
I sucked at science in school, but I loved doing projects that allowed me to get creative which made learning easier
"If you buy anything on credit for under $100 you're an idiot" - Don't take financial advice from Asmon, kids. Buy everything on credit and pay it off every month like Asmon's dad.
Laughing at Gucci flipflops, whilst Muricans wear the other plastic silly flipflops... Crocs, my grandma wore same stuff to work in the garden, as it was an easy to clean off mud item.
I felt bad for buying 2 black jeans, 2 cargo pants, 3 hoodies and 2 sweaters for about 300 bucks before watching this video.
now i think i got a good deal. insane how much money some people spend on a single item.
The fear of getting sued for every little thing is the most american thing that I would never be able to empathize with.
It's way worse in c hi n a. Those videos of people pretending to be hit by cars and laying down in the road aren't from America
Usually, the only rich people that buy that shit are the ones who were born into money... and dad was always gone making the money they were spending to make up for not being around, instead of giving financial advice.
Umm ok lovely projection but adds nothing. Mummy and daddy shouldn’t be teaching you finances anyway it should be a mandatory subject in all schools worldwide as money is almost if not more important than breathing in todays global financial climate. We also need to understand that people are extremely stupid and most people are completely delusional about their own situations which adds no surprise to the current debt crisis “garbage in, garbage out” George Carlin.
Your parents should definitely teach you about money...
How did your parents get the information was the financial assistance being past down from generation to generation. Funny though it’s expected that parents “should” know how to manage a budget yet people turn a blind eye to actually teaching it in schools. Why isn’t it mandatory you can buy food with money, you can secure future generations with money so why isn’t it mandatory if it’s so significant.
Oh no its the total opposite. It's people who are new rich, " parvenus " who buy clothes like this with the logo of the brand printed as big as possible on it, like rappers or hell even guys like xqc. People who have always been rich don't need to show everyone what brand they wear, and if they spend a lot of money on clothes they buy things that don't show the name of the brand, clothes you wouldn't ever know cost thousands of dollars if you're not into fashion and don't recognize them. But people who spend thousands of dollarson things like Vuitton belts with the pattern and logo printed everywhere, tshirts with " GUCCI " printed in giant letters on the front, everytime I've seen it, it was people who are new rich and who feel the need to show and scream at everyone " LOOK GUYS I HAVE MONEY IM RICH "
@@MooseCodeLike the crisis of your intelligence? Mothers and fathers should ABSOLUTELY be teaching their children the lion’s share of what they learn. You trust the state to do this? This is either an AI generated comment to stir up the responses or you are so clueless that I fear if I don’t respond again in a few minutes telling you to breathe you might stop doing it.
PLEASE note that schools let you learn this stuff to "train" your brain. Even if you dont use this field it further develops your brain AND is IMPORTANT to do that
Rich people do buy luxury fashion. But luxury brands like LV and Gucci are usually considered "entry level" or untasteful.